Olive skinned people don’t look any better in their old age than fair skinned people. Whether or not you get a sunburn, the UVA and UVB rays are still bombarding you, causing mutations in your DNA and ruining your skin’s elasticity.
#SUNQUEST TANNING BED LID WONT STAY CLOSED SKIN#
Myth #3: “I’ve got dark skin so I don’t get sunburned.” Many people born with naturally darker toned skin think they don’t need to protect their skin as they don’t burn as easily. Check out the difference between the sides in the picture below.
He developed dramatic changes to the left side of his face, which was bombarded by UVA rays, while the right side of his face was protected from the shade. A recent New England Journal of Medicine article showed a man who drove a delivery truck for 28 years. Myth #2: “I only need sunscreen if I’m going to the beach.” Most people don’t think to put on sunscreen, unless they are expecting to be outside for an extended period of time. Some believe that these will somehow protect you from a burn or damage. UV rays are still blasting away at your DNA and collagen no matter the color of your skin. Any sun or tanning bed exposure that causes a tan is damaging your skin, end of story. Some even think this is protective against sunburns and thus skin damage. Many believe they need to achieve a “base tan” early in the spring, usually at a tanning booth, so they won’t get sunburned later.
Myth #1: “I have to get a base tan so I won’t burn on my vacation. Here are a few tanning myths that you need to get by right away to avoid being a shriveled up raisin of skin cancer in your golden years. Everyone in this person’s circle of friends was tan, young and feeling great, but what will the next few years hold for them. A friend repeatedly scoffed at my use of sunscreen, insisting I needed more color and couldn’t understand what I was worried about. On a recent trip to a sunny locale, I was applying sunscreen before going out on a morning of boating. Remember when skin cancer was something your grandma and grandpa dealt with? Well those days are past and we are ushering in a generation of young people who will be dealing with skin excisions, biopsies, deforming surgeries and possibly early death due to their love of the sun, tan skin, and refusal to believe they are causing themselves harm. This past week I took a basal cell skin cancer off the eyelid of a man younger than I, and I’m in my mid-thirties.
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